We arrived at our very exclusive (elusive) campsite within Baxter State Park in Mill-of-no-where-nockett Maine to find that we were "roughing it" a little more than originally expected. The campgrounds within the state park have no running water, stores, ice, etc...all water source is from the nearby stream. LUCKY for us the stream was right next to our site. We were also located near the Abol trailhead (to Mt Katadhin), very convenient. Although small, the site was at the end of a dirt road and had a picnic table, fire pit, and lean-to. About that lean-to...the site was booked as a four person site, but our two person tent just barely fit in the lean-to. With no room for another tent on the site, four people, had anyone joined us, would have been VERY cozy! This potential coziness, with the lack of showers for the weekend, didn't stop the boys at a neighbor site from piling into the lean-to (yeah, they were from Maine). Other than the sour out-house, OMMB liked the site.
Next to us was the Abol Stream Falls trail. So we took the short hike (1.6 mile total) to get the legs (and hip joints) loosened. We were annoyingly escorted by those high performance flies (deer flies?). They were so protective of us that they had to just keep flying by our ears to let us know they were watching over us...I guess to help keep away bears and mountain lions (which would have been more pleasurable than these flies). Thankfully they were non-existent at the waterfall. Along the trail we saw red squirrels, a toad, and fish in the stream. The small waterfall with crystal clear water was well worth the hike.
We returned to our campsite for dinner and enjoyed the sound of live acoustic music from the "four boys in a lean-to" site near us...it was awesome sitting by the fire listening to them. Good voice, decent guitar and harmonica...didn't suck!
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Good stuff - clear stream running next to the site, short hike to the waterfall, Abol Trailhead a few feet away, not many bugs, nice dry lean-to to stuff the tent into, acoustic singer/guitar playing next door
Not so good stuff – no shower, sour out-house, lean-to for four?
(Remember to check You Tube for the videos)
Happy Trails,
T and OMMB
2 comments:
with a bit of research you could have learned that Baxter State Park isn't a state park in the traditional sense. It was left to the people of the state by Gov. Baxter and is not funded by the state. It is a wilderness park. Check the website before going and you don't get surprises.
hey thanks anonymous... now that we know how "non traditional" state parkish it is... we can't wait to go back every year... beautiful place!
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